Kyran

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kyran: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kyran: Recorded since 1964, with a gap of 24 years, it reached #176 in 2007, and it stood at #577 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
66times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#176highest recorded position
17groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Kyran's record

Absent from every published list for 24 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#294
1997	#266
1998	#356
1999	#297
2000	#337
2001	#309
2002	#310
2003	#337
2004	#368
2005	#383
2006	#433
2007	#176
2008	#305
2009	#335
2010	#314
2011	#384
2012	#389
2013	#412
2014	#406
2015	#506
2016	#531
2017	#600
2018	#763
2019	#694
2020	#656
2021	#790
2022	#656
2023	#857
2024	#924

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 29 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #478 among boys in Scotland, #582 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #924 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #232 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #176 among boys in England and Wales, in 2007 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Kyran appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 165 births with the name.

Kyran across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kyran's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#232 (1964)	#222 (1967)	#577 (2025)	29 of 62	165 (1964–2025)	12 (2018)
England and Wales · Boys	#294 (1996)	#176 (2007)	#924 (2024)	29 of 29	2,513 (1996–2024)	281 (2007)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#280 (2001)	#280 (2001)	#392 (2020)	7 of 20	23 (2001–2020)	4 (2015)

Kyran by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kyran in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	348	4 of 10	87
2000sbusiest	1,098	10 of 10	110
2010s	850	10 of 10	85
2020s	217	5 of 10	43

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 110 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2006 and 2007, when recorded births rose by 205, from 76 to 281.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Kyran appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #176 in England and Wales in 2007.

Kyran's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#924	34	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#857	37	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#656	53	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#790	41	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#656	52	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#694	48	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#763	43	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#600	61	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#531	73	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#506	76	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#406	100	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#412	98	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#389	107	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#384	103	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#314	141	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#335	118	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#305	134	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#176	281	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#433	76	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#383	81	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#368	78	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#337	81	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#310	86	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#309	88	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#337	75	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#297	92	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#356	66	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#266	105	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#294	85	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#365	4	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#342	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#375	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#387	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#280	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#577	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#582	5	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#396	9	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#407	9	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#498	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#556	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#466	7	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#329	12	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#418	8	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#541	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#355	11	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#479	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#373	10	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#429	7	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#527	4	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#596	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	7	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#393	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#299	4	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#291	3	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#222	5	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#478	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 34 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #176, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 281 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 24 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 60 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Halle · #176, 30y
Aliza · #177, 30y
Clementine · #175, 30y
Dakota · #175, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Brien · #176, 11y
Patrik · #176, 57y
Herbert · #175, 42y
Rhona · #175, 59y

Kyran was ranked #176 in England and Wales · Boys in 2007. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kyran and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kyran without appearing here.

Kyran moved ahead of

Mitchell Compare
In 2018 they stood at #763 and #763 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #694 and #1217.
Graham Compare
In 2017 they stood at #541 and #541 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #329 and #635.
Gregory Compare
In 2006 they stood at #433 and #377 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #176 and #470.
Garry Compare
In 2008 they stood at #472 and #472 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #429 and #701.

Moved ahead of Kyran

Oisin Compare
In 2020 they stood at #656 and #766 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #790 and #433.
Mason Compare
In 2004 they stood at #322 and #439 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2005 that had become #518 and #302.
Raymond Compare
In 2017 they stood at #600 and #613 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #763 and #549.
Alfie Compare
In 2002 they stood at #393 and #451 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2003 that had become #500 and #305.

Moved the opposite way to Kyran

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kyran went from #232 to #577 while Alexander went from #116 to #55.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kyran went from #232 to #577 while Benjamin went from #139 to #83.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kyran went from #232 to #577 while Conor went from #56 to #16.
Liam Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kyran went from #232 to #577 while Liam went from #54 to #7.

Moved the same way as Kyran

Adrian Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kyran went from #232 to #577 and Adrian from #65 to #348.
Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kyran went from #232 to #577 and Alfred from #134 to #286.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kyran went from #232 to #577 and Denis from #21 to #232.
Edward Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Kyran went from #232 to #577 and Edward from #18 to #125.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #176 in England and Wales in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kyran

Kyran at a glance

What stands out in Kyran's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kyran across 3 official records

Kyran by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kyran appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Kyran at a glance

What stands out in Kyran's record

Kyran across 3 official records

Kyran by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Kyran appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Kyran

Kyran and the names beside it

Kyran moved ahead of

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